Absolute Hell

Synopsis

Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens. Originally aired as part of the anthology series "Performance."

Top cast

Judi Dench

Christine Foskett

Susan Porrett

Doris

Paul Birchard

Butch

Sylvia Barter

Julia Shillitoe

Bill Nighy

Hugh Marriner

Ronald Pickup

Siegfried Shrager

Francesca Annis

Elizabeth Collier

Eileen Page

Mrs Marriner

Gregory Floy

Michael Crowley

Charles Gray

Maurice Hussey